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Linda
on September 14, 2016 at 6:11 pm

I certainly hope other reporters are taking note! Eichenwald’s piece is terrifying in its implications for national security. Eichenwald and Farenthold are doing what other journalists should be doing.

The article on David Fahrenthold is fascinating. Not only is he breaking scoop after scoop on the Trump Foundation … he’s doing his reporting publicly, on Twitter. Finding sources, sometimes doing the initial interviews in public tweets before he makes phone contact. I admire his method, and his reason: he wants readers to feel like they can help “make news” by sharing factual information with reporters. Great stuff.

And Eichenwald hit one out of the park with today’s piece. Linda tipped us to it early this morning, and it’s become A Thing … as well it should be.

Beltwayjim
on September 14, 2016 at 6:17 pm

I don’t think the other reporters are matriculating at the Eichenwald Fahrenthold school.

It’s also noteworthy that the NY Attorney General is looking into the Trump Foundation, since it’s chartered in NY, and therefore whether foundations in that state are following the law is in his purview. The problem for Trump, as the Newsweek article points out is that he’s not only got his name on most of these businesses overseas, he’s personally involved. So unlike other candidates putting their stock holdings into a blind trust, there’s no way he can avoid not knowing, and given his past of “what’s in it for me,” it’s scary to think of him in foreign policy decisions. No, Presidents don’t get to hand that responsibility off, either.